The Guardian Quiptic Answers - Monday, 16th April 2001 There are 14 across clues and 14 down clues for the The Guardian Quiptic crossword on Monday, 16th April 2001. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Quiptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: You can hear it's beating time in SpringLAMBINGSEASONAAcross 10: Lord it over others? Points are lost!PATRONISEAAcross 11: Group of musicians get alien after a monthOCTETAAcross 12: Press centre of eye - it's a mockeryIRONYAAcross 13: Hang about! Drink is found in transport dockHOVERPORTAAcross 14: Sweet-talk and more, even!FLATTERAAcross 16: Poor, poor Santa! No thanks from singerSOPRANOAAcross 18: Exile's not in list of playersOUTCASTAAcross 20: Commendation for lord, reportedly found in minePLAUDITAAcross 21: The American guy's a politicianSTATESMANAAcross 23: Regret going round the church, one gatheredRUCHEAAcross 24: Arabian Nights' character loses a graduate and has one excuseALIBIAAcross 25: Does better before ten on the right cry: "Onward and upward!"EXCELSIORAAcross 26: Re bathers: arm one new river safety measureTHAMESBARRIERDDown 2: No star orbiting, nothing heard from unearthly travellerASTRONAUTDDown 3: Footwear: final day to plunderBOOTYDDown 4: No alternative, so I go in lower downNEITHERDDown 5: Hush fairy folk with mothballsSHELVESDDown 6: Oh, Papa, cry freely for books lost from the bibleAPOCRYPHADDown 7: Not in the party to come firstOUTDODDown 8: Tricky time of the month, the "cruelest" one to clowns from dawn to duskAPRIL FOOLS' DAYDDown 9: Newest technology from California, for example, preposterous to FatherSTATE-OF-THE-ARTDDown 15: Shape of a bone in the base of the thumbTRAPEZIUMDDown 17: I've followed a user; it's habit-formingADDICTIVEDDown 19: Nature's ragesTEMPERSDDown 20: Remedy for parent with a cane that's crookedPANACEADDown 22: Foolish, as in a sanctimonious hushAPISHDDown 23: Reversed guideline for the chiefRULER